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A rogue landlord has been fined £5,500 following a successful prosecution by Mendip council in Somerset. The council’s private sector housing team brought a...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A local authority in London is threatening landlords with enforcement action if they don’t pay up for a new license. Lewisham’s Labour...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The Guardian newspaper has given an aggrieved tenant the opportunity to explain how he and other renters took a landlord to...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have called for the creation of a Landlord...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

It’s now daggers-drawn between the National Residential Landlords Association and Oxford’s Labour-run council over a huge new licensing scheme. Government approval of...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The government recently passed into law the much-anticipated Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022. This effectively ends government interventions to prevent commercial...
21 May 2022
From: The Big Issues

The latest attack on landlords by Generation Rent director Baroness Alicia Kennedy concerns insulation and household warmth. She claims a quarter of...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Gedling council in Nottinghamshire is the latest local authority to resume consultations on Selective Licensing after putting initial proposals on ice...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Eviction specialist Landlord Action says it’s seen a sharp rise in landlords seeking to use its debt recovery service against tenants...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Renting is changing. That’s what we keep being told by the Government as it prepares the ground for its renters’ reform...
23 April 2022
From: Rental Reform

A new and huge landlord licensing scheme has launched in County Durham. A total of at least 29,000 properties, or 42 per...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the leaders of the Generation Rent group claims it can be “an uphill struggle for private renters to get...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association has backed a far-reaching report by a group of MPs which has condemned the quality of...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been fined in one of the first cases in England, for failing to comply with Electrical Safety Standards. Regulations...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The government has indirectly given away early details of its long-expected National Landlord Register - but it still appears to be...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeholds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has given £650,000 to one town to clampdown on rogue landlords. A statement...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords wanting to let out via Airbnb and other short let platforms in Edinburgh will have to apply for planning consent...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A private landlord has been slapped with a £400 fine for allowing a tenant’s waste to be fly-tipped on the site...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A non-profit organisation called Justice For Tenants has spearheaded a campaign which has ultimately led to a Rent Repayment Order being...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants rogue landlords to pay bigger fines and more compensation to tenants. He is also introducing...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The mayor of Labour-controlled Bristol council is teaming up with local anti-landlord activists to look at how to introduce local rent...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Last October, stakeholders across the private rented sector were told by ministers that the Government needed extra time to create a...
12 February 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance

New selective licensing schemes are now live in areas of north and east Manchester covering more than 1,400 properties. This means compulsory...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Complaints from the public about rubbish left in front of a house have led to a landlord being hit with a...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been fined £3,607 over properties that were so dangerous tenants’ lives were at risk. North Lincolnshire council brought a...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Landlords who let out holiday properties as businesses may have to fork out as much as £1,000 more per year as...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A London landlord has been ordered to pay over £64,000 for breaking housing regulations. In July last year Sumon Miah was found...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading accountancy firm says the relative good health of the rental market and house price appreciation will trigger stricter enforcement...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A local council is inviting landlords within its boundaries to take up funding from a £49,057 pot it has to improve...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Shelter has given what appears to be unconditional support to the SNP-Green proposals for reform of the private rental sector in...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Rogue landlords in one area of London could face unlimited fines, criminal convictions and bans from letting out properties. The measures are...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Bristol-based lettings management company Iletpro Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £2,700.06 in fines and costs for failing...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A report by the National Audit Office has sharply criticised the government and councils for not doing enough to help tenants...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association has thrown its weight behind the recommendations of the National Audit Office report urging the government...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Residential landlords need no reminding of the restrictions that have prevented possessions for substantial periods during the pandemic. Nor do they...
27 November 2021
From: The Big Issues

Fines on landlords and letting agents that fall foul of London council regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A council in a largely-rural area of Suffolk is the latest to have won additional funding to push landlords into making...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Automated rental payment platform PayProp recently held a webinar, attended by well over 100 people, in which a condensed video of...
20 November 2021
From: The Big Issues

Activists in the Acorn pro-tenant movement have sharply criticised the Green Party which runs Brighton council for allegedly failing to prosecute...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A couple have been fined over £13,000 after they were found guilty of unlawfully evicting four tenants and breaching management regulations...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Avoiding over-regulation across the UK should be a priority to keep existing landlords in the sector as well as attracting buy...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Private sector landlords are being warned by a council to check their investments meet the legal minimum energy efficiency standard, or...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A Labour councillor in a Green Party-controlled local authority wants the body to name and shame rogue landlords on a publicly-available...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings sector trade body is blasting local authorities for their poor record on trying to eliminate rogue landlords. The National Residential...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s understood there will be a Christmas truce with tenants not enduring bailiff-enforced evictions between December 13 and January 10. HM Courts...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A council in the north of England has identified 166 private rental properties within the district that do not comply with...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A council says it’s offering landlords what it calls ‘an enforcement amnesty’ if they have failed to bring their rental units...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The steps landlords need to take to improve their own image and enhance their reputation in the eyes of consumers was...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

An independent think-tank is the latest organisation wanting landlord licensing schemes across England plus a nationa landlord register, emulating similar schemes...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A planning inspector has ordered a rogue landlord to comply with enforcement notices after being found to be illegally renting two...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent activist group has repeated its call for a landlord register in England, saying it could mean more tax...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Two married landlords from Southall have been ordered to pay over £290,000 after failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice. Kartar and...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

With more than 60 per cent of landlords losing rental income during the pandemic, it is no surprise that many are...
23 October 2021
From: The Big Issues

A landlord must pay thousands of pounds after illegally letting an outbuilding for over three years. Paul Vig admitted failing to comply with...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A local authority admits it is using covert cameras to spot landlords illegally fly-tipping. Darlington council claims there have been several incidents...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A London landlord has been ordered to pay almost £275,000 for failing to comply with an existing planning enforcement notice. Mrs Anja...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association has entered into partnership with a tech company to assist landlords with regulatory compliance. This partnership will...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord who built extensions and converted them into flats and bedsits all without planning permission has been given a record...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord company has been fined more than £15,000 for failing to improve housing conditions in three properties. North Somerset council received...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The government needs to beef up enforcement if it wants to address rogue landlords who put tenants at risk, says the...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A local newspaper’s investigation has revealed that a London council flouted its own policies to maximise the number of landlords it...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Proposals to impose strict controls on Airbnb and other short lets - including possibly requiring planning consent and licensing - will be...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Fines for landlords and lettings agents in Greater London have soared from just £22,000 in May to a huge £139,146 in...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Over half of local authorities in England have not issued any civil penalties against rogue or criminal landlords in the last...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Redbridge council in east London has undertaken its toughest ever clampdown on buy to let, visiting 171 properties in a week. The...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is spending £100,000 on a feasibility study to investigate the setting up of...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The government claims its new Building Safety Bill, published yesterday, will create “lasting generational change” after Grenfell and the cladding crisis...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Fines totalling more than £250,000 were issued to rogue landlords in Barking and Dagenham last year. Offences included failing to have a...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Evictions guru Paul Shamplina returns to the TV this evening but his Channel5 show has had a name change - it...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been hit with a fine of more than £4,200 for failing to keep tenants safe in their homes. North...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord who fly-tipped the contents of a flat so another tenant could move in has been ordered to pay thousands...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Labour MPs have quizzed junior housing minister Eddie Hughes over the effects of the ending of the eviction ban. At the regular...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The landlords’ trade body says there’s an enforcement postcode lottery across part of the UK. The National Residential Landlords Association’s Welsh Enforcement...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The government has pledged to bring forward a White Paper in the Autumn, focussing on its commitments to reform the private...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A warning has been issued to landlords about a crackdown on compliance issues surrounding property management. No Letting Go, the country’s largest...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A Midlands council says it’s sent thousands of letters to landlords in the last 12 months in response to complaints from...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords are being warned of an urgent change to the arrears process thanks to the launch of the government’s Breathing Space...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News

There are now 10 councils with licensing schemes covering more than 20 per cent of the rental market according to activists’...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The controversial Breathing Space policy comes into effect from next Tuesday, May 4, and a charity is admitting it is not...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The government says the number of households facing possible homelessness after a Section 21 eviction has fallen 50 per cent in...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, wants to introduce a £1.5m Good Landlord Charter This would work in partnership with the city’s...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Salford council in Greater Manchester is to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live - and the...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News

An eviction specialist says the average time to evict a tenant could soar by six months once the current ban comes to...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords and managing agents of HMOs could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A tenant who sub-let a property by falsely claiming to be its owner has been given a criminal record. Sonia Nascimento rented...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord who illegally turned a London property into 13 flats has been hit by nearly £200,000 in fines, costs and...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Scottish private sector landlords and tenants who face financial difficulties caused by the pandemic have more time to access support after...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A Crown Court judge has ordered a landlord to pay back almost £750,000 in illicit earnings made from overcrowded properties in...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Two landlords have to pay almost £8,000 for letting their flats in defiance of a Prohibition Order. The order came into force...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News

This 10-part series - filmed before the pandemic - follows letting agents, eviction specialists and lawyers helping landlords chase rent arrears and...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The Baroness leading the pressure group Generation Rent says the extension of the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions does not go far...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Two men have been ordered to pay almost £8,000 for letting out flats in defiance of regulations designed to keep tenants...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

There is growing momentum for local councils to freeze their plans for landlord licensing while the pandemic continues. Lettings agency trade body...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A council clampdown on four short let flats in Edinburgh has been backed by the Scottish Government. The council discovered that the...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The government has been slammed for missing out landlords in proposals to enforce new energy efficiency regulations. Propertymark - the trade group...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Police in Devon say they will be cracking down on holiday homes let by landlords in contravention of Coronavirus lockdown rules...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The government has set out details of its new Debt Respite Scheme - also known as Breathing Space - which comes...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord who committed 33 offences at a property he owns has been issued with civil penalties totalling £50,500. Zaheer Uddin Babar,...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A trade body says the current national lockdown may make it harder for the lettings industry to conform with an approaching deadline...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The Rent Smart Wales quango, now five years old, has been sharply criticised by the National Residential Landlords Association. A report commissioned...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A Labour MP is demanding action against unscrupulous predator landlords who demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent. The Daily Mail...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords with properties in the Havering area have until January 24 to submit a selective licence application, giving them a 50...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading officer in a Labour council which has in the past taken landlords to court says this process is so...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Acorn group of rental activists has created a detailed crib sheet of responses to a council consultation on landlord licensing. Acorn,...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been fined £2,500 for failing to licence a property that she had been renting out for several years...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A London landlord must pay over £280,000 in three months after housing eight people in a flat deems illegal for even...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

From today possession cases with severe rent arrears will be exempt from the effective ban on evictions applying to the England...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A legal challenge has been started to the government’s current ‘ban’ on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. High profile property...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord who failed to properly look after two HMOs has been fined £70,500 by an Essex council. Lystra Dorval, of Ilford,...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An industry service supplier has revealed the scale of the backlog in possession cases which cannot be pursued to eviction because of...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been confirmed that during the current one month lockdown in England there will be no enforcement of possession orders except...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Bailiffs have agreed to a government request not to enforce court orders against tenants in Tier 2 and Tier 3 locations. This...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A London local authority is to extend its current additional licensing scheme from 12 council wards to 18 - and is...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A London landlord who ignored six enforcement notices served by his local council has been ordered to pay over £300,000. Salim Mussa Patel...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A council wants to introduce private rental sector licensing as part of a pledge made back in 2018. Plymouth’s Labour controlled council pledged...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent activists are back on the warpath, this time accusing councils of not doing enough - and sometimes nothing -...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords in Walthamstow, north east London, have been ordered to pay a collective total of £375,000 after modifying their buy-to-let...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord in Oxford is no longer allowed to offer a local property for short-term lets following a lengthy planning battle...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Ashfield District Council has joined forces with police officers in the Sutton area of Nottinghamshire to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords operating...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords with a rental property in Harrow have just a few weeks left to have their say in a consultation...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord in Doncaster has lost an appeal at the High Court after he built an extension on a property...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Harrow Council is looking to renew its landlord licensing scheme in Edgware, enabling tougher enforcement action on rogue landlords. It is consulting...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

New guidance from ARLA Propertymark’s legal helpline aims to provide landlords and letting agents with greater clarity based on frequent queries they...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A number of property firms and landlord organisations have welcomed government action to support landlords and tenants affected by coronavirus. Private tenants...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay back a whopping £190,000 after he was caught receiving rental from illegal flats. A...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A selective licensing scheme covering two areas in the suburbs of Leeds has been introduced by Leeds City Council. Under the new...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The government’s decision to invest an additional £4m in funding for local councils to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents has...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord who squeezed 15 people into a modest home in west London has been ordered to pay more than...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Brent Council in north London will be taking action against a buy-to-let landlord who is accused of “exploiting tenants” after 17...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord who repeatedly rented out a substandard property in Yeadon, West Yorkshire, has been fined more than £25,000. Jack Collins,...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord in Sutton has been fined £2,694 and ordered to pay £1,994 in costs and a victim surcharge of...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Marks Out Of Tenancy, a letting review website, has launched a digital service to help local authorities crackdown on unscrupulous landlords...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The government crackdown on the buy-to-let sector has seen landlord regulations increase by a third since the Conservative party came into...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay almost £6,000 after the council was unable to determine if his property in...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A new PRS interactive learning toolkit for local authorities to help them take action against rogue landlords and letting agents has...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being urged to do more to raise consumer awareness about rogue operators in the industry by demonstrating their...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has criticised the London Trading Standards (LTS) for what it says is an admission of failure in...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

With new figures showing that almost half of letting agents do not comply with the law, London Trading Standards (LTS) has...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Birmingham City Council has taken action against a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) landlord in the Small Heath area in what...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A council used a plane with thermal imaging to catch unscrupulous landlords that allowed tenants to live in substandard conditions. Several people...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A tenant posing as a landlord converted two bedrooms in a flat into four bedsits, putting residents at risk. The fake landlord...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Coventry City Council has dismissed claims that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) wrote...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been penalised for operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupancy (HMO) in south London. Fouad Ahmad, from Streatham, pleaded...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

It is not always possible for an individual or company to improve its image beyond that of its industry, and that is...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord who converted a house in north London into flats without consent could face legal action. Javad Aghababazadeh was given permission...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

An unscrupulous landlord who housed at least 25 tenants in a rundown property in north-west London has been ordered to pay...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 for illegally renting out an overcrowded House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Introducing a ‘rogue landlords’ database without better enforcement would be a pointless exercise, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). A rogue...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Hull City Council has come under pressure for unjustly taking an aggressive stance against landlords after a sharp rebuke from the...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord in north London has been ordered to pay more than £66,000 after being found guilty of making tenants'...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has slammed the government’s Selective Licensing Review for failing to listen to landlords. The report, which was...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay a fine of £10,000 after being convicted for renting out two unlicensed properties...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord in Telford has been fined £1,000, ordered to pay £2,183 costs and a £100 victim surcharge after pleading...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Earlier this month the Tenant Fee Ban was introduced, after much fanfare from the Government. However, it is not the only...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house in east London into two flats...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Brent Council in north London discovered three tenants living inside a shed in the garden of a three-bedroom semi-detached house in...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay £7,000 for neglecting the garden at one of his properties and allowing to become...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Plans to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Barking and Dagenham has been approved by the government. Under...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Tenant Fees Act, better known simply as the tenant fees ban, is coming into force from June 1 2019. It...
24 May 2019
From: Rental Reform

An unscrupulous landlord has been told to pay close to £25,000 after being prosecuted for renting out rooms in an unlicensed...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord who converted a flat in London Bridge into ‘cramped bedsits’ without planning consent has been ordered to pay...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Fresh guidance for local authorities to crackdown on rogue landlords has been unveiled by housing minister Heather Wheeler. Local authorities across the...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord who allowed tenants to occupy rooms without windows after failing to get planning consent for a block of...
02 April 2019
From: Breaking News

New enforcement rules covering living conditions in private rented housing in Hull look set to be introduced after Humber Landlords Association...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Local authorities across England are spending significantly less on dealing with rogue landlords than in 2009-10, new research shows. According to Residential...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A new fire safety campaign urging private sector landlords and letting agents to always abide by the law and install smoke...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

An unscrupulous landlord who converted three family homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without planning consent has been jailed for...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let investors should be ‘extremely wary’ of buying property in an area affected by selective licensing rules because many local authorities...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Following the recent addition of the Fitness for Human Habitation Bill and the amendments this has made to the existing Landlord...
12 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Brent Council in north London looks set to take action against a buy-to-let landlord who is accused of “exploiting tenants” after ...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord who failed to install a proper heating system and left safety hazards across a house in Peterborough has been...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord in Stevenage who allowed his tenant to live in an excessively cold attic with a serious fire safety hazard...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Barnet Council is planning to introduce a stricter licensing scheme designed to clampdown on rogue landlords across the borough in north...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News

There is growing concern in Reading that thousands of landlords could soon face enforcement action if they do not sign up...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A growing number of local authorities are using selective licensing to introduce penalties for buy-to-let landlords that go well beyond the...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Close to £2.4m of additional funding designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords will be made available for more than 50 councils...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A family of slum landlords who crammed 31 people into a suburban four-bedroom house has been ordered to pay back almost...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News

More needs to be done to stem the rise in short-term lets on Airbnb in Scotland to ensure that the market...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Havering Council continued to clampdown on rogue landlords in 2018, with new figures revealing that the local authority issued just over...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined more than £6,000 after failing to obtain a license for a shared house in Bristol. John Elwes...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill will soon become law after passing its third reading at the House of Lords...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Rogue landlords who converted terrace houses into shoebox flats without planning permission have been ordered to re-pay illegal income or face...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the UK’s biggest and arguably most contentious buy-to-let landlords has been ordered to pay £25,000 after ignoring a notice...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A notorious rogue landlord who illegally built a number of tiny bedsits across North West London has been ordered to pay...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The new regulations introduced last month to bring mandatory licensing to all Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) was designed to better...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The deadline for submitting additional and selective licence applications in Hackney has been extended until 1 March 2019. The deadline for applications...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Two thirds of councils in England and Wales responding to a FOI request by the Residential Landlords Association brought no prosecutions...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Trading standards will almost certainly need help from consumers to help police the ban on letting fees, according to PayProp. As part...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A woman who repeatedly ignored council orders to stop renting ‘beds in sheds’ has been ordered to pay back almost £450,000...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Folkestone Magistrates Court’s decision last week to find high profile landlord, Judith Wilson, guilty of failing to comply with an enforcement...
20 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let investor, once dubbed “country’s worst landlord”, still owes more than £100,000 in unpaid fines in relation to over 60...
19 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Britain’s biggest and arguably most contentious buy-to-let landlord could be slapped with an ‘unlimited’ fine after leaving a wheelchair-bound tenant without...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Yesterday’s announcement that councils in England are going to be handed an additional £2m in government funding to tackle the small...
09 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Eight men were found living in cramped conditions in a one-bedroom flat in east London during a raid by Barking and...
06 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Being a landlord demands a high level of commitment, not only to reduce void periods and keep your property marketable but...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Landlord licensing schemes are popping up all over the UK as local authorities step up their efforts to clampdown on rogue...
30 October 2018
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Tenants will be offered access to the government’s rogue landlord database under fresh plans unveiled by Theresa May. The Prime Minister was...
26 October 2018
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A rogue landlord whose tenants were living in degrading conditions has been ordered to pay £9,000. Housing enforcement officers from Harrow Council...
26 October 2018
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A landlord in Ilford, Essex, who allowed 23 people to live in overcrowded conditions has been fined £7,500. Tenants in a house...
18 October 2018
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More than 20 men were discovered living in cramped conditions in a three-bedroom house in north-west London during a raid by...
28 September 2018
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The Liberal Democrats once again called for the introduction of mandatory licensing for PRS homes as well as a publicly available...
19 September 2018
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A managing agent has been fined more than £30,000 for allowing a tenant to occupy an unsafe tiny room behind a...
14 September 2018
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Councils must do more to root out unscrupulous landlords that give the sector a bad name, according to the Residential Landlords...
11 September 2018
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Licensing schemes can serve purposes which are indisputably genuine and valid. They can, however, also be used as money-making schemes, particularly...
03 September 2018
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Brent Council officers discovered 15 men crammed inside a two-bedroom bungalow during an enforcement raid yesterday morning. Tenants were found sleeping on...
24 August 2018
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Buy-to-let landlords could have grounds to challenge HMO licensing fees which could save them hundreds of pounds each year, according to...
17 August 2018
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Cheshire East Council has pledged to clampdown on rogue landlords who allow tenants to live in poor housing standards within the...
31 July 2018
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A tenant who illegally sublet an unlicensed and poorly-maintained bungalow in north London, which was described by Brent Council as a...
23 July 2018
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One of the UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlord who last year banned ‘coloured people’ from renting any of...
20 July 2018
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Rogue landlords in Ashford will now face fines of up to £30,000 after Ashford Borough Council voted to adopt new rules...
16 July 2018
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The vast majority of private sector tenants are satisfied with their housing, the English Housing Survey report for 2016/17 has found. The...
13 July 2018
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Buy-to-let landlords with existing tenancies on properties rented out in the private rented sector are being reminded to take note of...
09 July 2018
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Tougher electrical safety standards for rented properties north of the border are needed to protect private tenants, according to a leading...
28 June 2018
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The government is hoping to improve standards in the private rented sector in Telford by handing £388,925 to Telford & Wrekin...
20 June 2018
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Buy-to-let landlords north of the border are being urged to demonstrate that they are complying with all of their legal obligations...
08 June 2018
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A buy-to-let landlord has been reprimanded for housing too many people in a rented property in Peterborough Raashid Alyas, of Mayors Walk...
08 June 2018
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A buy-to-let landlord in Immingham, near Gimsby, has been ordered to pay £1,380 after being found guilty of renting an unlicensed...
30 May 2018
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A landlord who built an outbuilding and converted it into eight small flats without planning consent has been ordered to pay...
29 May 2018
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The publication yesterday of Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, confirming that landlords and building managers will...
18 May 2018
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A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 after being found guilty of a number of breaches relating to...
17 May 2018
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A Labour councillor tasked with clamping down on rogue landlords has found herself in hot water after failing to declare a...
01 May 2018
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Local authorities should be given the power to confiscate properties from landlords who break the law, according to a committee of...
23 April 2018
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A rogue landlord who left tenants living in substandard conditions in Selly Oak and Edgbaston has been ordered to pay in...
23 April 2018
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An ‘unsafe’ house in multiple occupation (HMO) in north London has been uncovered by enforcement officers from Brent Council following a...
17 April 2018
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Doncaster Council’s Cabinet will be discussing new ways to tackle rogue landlords at their meeting later today. The proposal is to introduce...
10 April 2018
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The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is ‘missing the opportunity’ to assess fire safety regulations across all types...
09 April 2018
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Unscrupulous landlords who rent out substandard properties face being driven out of the private rented sector as new banning orders are...
06 April 2018
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A landlord in North West London who failed to deal with noisy pigeons nesting at one of its properties has been...
04 April 2018
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A Conservative councillor has been ordered to pay more than £57,000 after being taken to court by his own council for...
03 April 2018
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A buy-to-let landlord who rented out a converted British Telecom station in Osterley without consent has been ordered to pay over...
26 March 2018
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A buy-to-let landlord who let ‘hazardous’ properties in Leyland has been fined £20,000. Leyland Estates Ltd was prosecuted at Preston Magistrates Court after...
21 March 2018
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Rotherham Council wants to do more to protect private tenants by using tougher new laws to clamp down on rogue landlords. Local...
05 March 2018
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The government has confirmed that the long-awaited extension of Mandatory HMO Licensing will be introduced from 1st October 2018, subject to...
02 March 2018
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A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay £7,400 after failing to obtain a license to rent out a property in...
13 February 2018
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A plan to introduce a new selective licensing scheme in Telford has been scrapped by Telford & Wrekin Council after more...
13 February 2018
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The Conveyancing Association (CA) has in conjunction with HM Land Registry launched a new survey as part of an informal consultation...
17 January 2018
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West Suffolk councils have agreed to clamp down on dodgy landlords by adopting new powers to tackle them, following a joint...
12 January 2018
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The mayor of London’s decision to launch a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ rogue landlords and letting agents...
21 December 2017
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The mayor of London Sadiq Khan yesterday launched a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ dodgy landlords and letting...
20 December 2017
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A private landlord in Northampton has been fined £3,300 and ordered to pay the council’s £1,890.26 legal costs along with a...
12 December 2017
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A property firm with assets in the Virgin Islands has paid a £8,000 civil penalty to Brent Council after two tenants...
07 December 2017
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A landlord who failed to provide his tenants with adequate living conditions has been sent to jail. Majid Saniinejad, of Stoke Newington,...
29 November 2017
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First introduced in November 2015, The Welsh government’s Rent Smart Wales (RSW) scheme was designed to drive up standards in the...
17 November 2017
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A landlord has been fined just over £12,000 after repeatedly ignoring warnings from council planning enforcement officers not to carry on...
08 November 2017
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People living in high rise tower blocks across the UK are being let down by a system in which it is...
06 November 2017
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Rogue landlords in Hackney face heavy fines after the local council gained new powers to issue penalties of up to £30,000. Landlords...
25 October 2017
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Given that thousands of landlords and tenants are not protected by client money protection (CMP), placing money held by letting agents are...
25 October 2017
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A pair of landlords in Dagenham have been slapped with a hefty fine for renting out two illegally converted flats over...
18 October 2017
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The decision to launch a new inquiry into the private rented sector has been welcomed by letting agents. The Communities and Local...
16 October 2017
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A new licensing system in the West London neighbourhoods of Hammersmith, Shepherd’s Bush, Fulham, Chiswick and Ealing aims to protect landlords...
12 October 2017
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New rules to help crack down on rogue landlords in York could soon come into force. City of York Council is considering...
10 October 2017
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A landlord in east London will have to cough up more than £100,000 or face going to jail for illegally converting...
04 October 2017
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A private landlord who converted several houses into bedsits without planning consent has been ordered to pay more than £340,000. Latif Rehman,...
02 October 2017
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A buy-to-let landlord has been fined £1,000 for renting out a property in Peterborough without a licence which he was legally...
29 September 2017
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A Lincoln landlord has been told to pay more than £8,000 for serious overcrowding and safety breaches. Abdol Ali Javid Keshmiri of...
27 September 2017
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Brent Council has once again vowed to clamp down on rogue landlords in the local area after 35 men we found...
21 September 2017
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New landlord registration enforcement guidance has been issued by the Scottish government to all local authorities on regulating landlords in the...
08 September 2017
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A rogue landlord who rented out squalid flats, which breached council planning laws and failed to meet basic living standards, has...
07 September 2017
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Nine private landlords have been banned from letting out homes in the Govanhill area of Glasgow after being found unfit to...
06 September 2017
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New measures to clamp down on unscrupulous landlords who trap and cram vulnerable tenants in unsafe, overcrowded homes in Govanhill, Glasgow,...
30 August 2017
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This month has seen the approval or introduction of a number of new licensing schemes for landlords in several English cities,...
29 August 2017
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Buy-to-let landlords allowing illegal immigrants to live in their properties may face jail after hundreds of people suspected of not having...
21 August 2017
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Four landlords in Peterborough have become the first to have been fined for not holding a licence under a new city...
18 August 2017
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Borough wide selective licensing could soon be coming to Brent if the the local council gets its way. Brent Council wants the...
16 August 2017
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The Home Office is hoping to drive up standards in the private rented sector in Bristol by handing £321,750 to Bristol...
10 August 2017
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A private landlord has been prosecuted after failing to maintain gas appliances at his rental property in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. Llanelli Magistrates’ Court...
02 August 2017
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Contradictory and outdated fire safety guidance urgently needs updating to better support private landlords, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...
01 August 2017
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There is a direct correlation between licensed rental properties and a reduction in anti-social behaviour, according to a north London based...
25 July 2017
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No fewer than 16 men were found to be living in a one-bedroom flat filled with bunk beds made out of...
24 July 2017
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An MP’s bid to make homes in the rented sector ‘fit for human habitation’ has received support from the Residential Landlords...
19 July 2017
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The London Borough of Redbridge has from today introduced new selective licensing schemes in the wards of Valentines and Clementswood. The...
13 July 2017
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A new ‘Rent with Confidence’ scheme, which features a list of approved landlords and letting agents, has been created by local...
11 July 2017
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More private landlords with rental homes in the London borough of Havering may soon have to apply for a license after...
05 July 2017
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A landlord has been prosecuted by Barkingside Magistrates' Court for renting out a property in Dagenham with damp and mould issues,...
30 June 2017
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A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house into two flats without planning consent...
28 June 2017
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Steve Wood, Wales and West chairman of the Council of the Certificated Enforcement Agents Association, offers a guide to the 'Right...
10 June 2017
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Landlords renting out properties in the London borough of Brent have been ordered to pay fines totalling more than £500,000 over...
01 June 2017
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A buy-to-let landlord in Newport has become the first to be prosecuted for breaching new laws demanding that all private landlords...
01 June 2017
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The Conservatives have announced a range of housing policies designed to help them win the general election, including pledging to build...
31 May 2017
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Stronger enforcement and streamlining of legislation in the private rental sector is urgently required to ensure the abolishment of what is in...
10 May 2017
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A man who rented out rooms above a town centre bar has been banned from being a landlord after putting the...
09 May 2017
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The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has vowed to crackdown on criminal landlords by ensuring that they are ‘named and shamed’...
27 April 2017
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A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay more than £17,000 for renting out an unsafe house in Ipswich, which posed...
24 April 2017
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A landlord has been ordered to pay in excess of £235,000 for renting out illegal bedsits in east London after pleading...
21 April 2017
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A landlord who broke the law by converting a building into seven flats in east London without planning consent could be...
03 April 2017
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A man who is currently serving six years in prison for child sex abuse offences is among four rogue landlords in...
22 March 2017
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Telford & Wrekin Council has launched a consultation on its plans to introduce a Selective Licensing in parts of Telford in...
16 March 2017
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Peterborough City Council has rejected a claim that it is subsidising slum landlords with taxpayers’ money following an accusation by the...
06 March 2017
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The short-term letting industry, which includes the likes of Airbnb, joined local authorities and community groups at City Hall yesterday to...
22 February 2017
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A landlord who failed to comply with an Improvement Notice and carry out essential repairs to his property was ordered to...
17 February 2017
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Nottingham City Council has launched a public consultation on plans to introduce a selective landlord licensing scheme in the city. The consultation,...
19 January 2017
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Landlords in Peterborough are being warned to sign up to a new licensing scheme or end up in court. Peterborough City Council...
18 January 2017
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A company letting out an illegally converted house in North West London has been ordered to pay £250,000 under the Proceeds...
12 December 2016
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Barnet Council has issued a stark warning to the 2,000 landlords without correct licences across the north London borough. The council says...
09 December 2016
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A Cricklewood landlord who was ordered in September to pay more than £700,000 after he breached Barnet Council’s planning enforcement rules...
06 December 2016
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New measures under the Immigration Act 2016, which came into play yesterday, will only be welcomed by those operating in the...
02 December 2016
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Don Valley MP Caroline Flint is calling for selective licensing to be extended across the borough, after visiting Newham in London,...
30 November 2016
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An unlicensed landlord who rented out a property in Margate has been fined £3,000. The property on Northdown Road, CT9, is located...
29 November 2016
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There is growing concern that thousands of buy-to-let landlords could face fines and possibly even prosecution for failing to sign up...
28 November 2016
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A landlord in Hayes, west London, has been ordered to pay back more than £140,000 in rent she received unlawfully after...
24 November 2016
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Landlords in Wales who have not yet signed up to Rent Smart Wales, but have started the application process will not...
23 November 2016
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Understanding property licensing is not an easy task and that is why two drop-in sessions will be held by Peterborough City...
22 November 2016
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Landlords and letting agents are being invited to attend a free drop-in event taking place next month that will provide information about...
15 November 2016
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Owners of vacant homes in the Rochford district in Essex are being offered grants of up to £1,000 by Rochford District...
04 November 2016
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The government’s plan to tighten licensing requirements for landlords of shared accommodation in an effort to clamp down on rogue landlords...
19 October 2016
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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has once again defended the private rented sector (PRS) after Shelter’s latest analysis of housing trends...
18 October 2016
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Two tenants in Kingsbury, north-west London, have been handed fines totalling £4,500 after being convicted of obstructing a Brent Council housing...
03 October 2016
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Thousands of private tenants claim to have suffered abuse at the hands of landlords according to Shelter, which include threats, assaults...
23 September 2016
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A landlord operating in the London borough of Brent has been has been ordered to pay close to £7,500 for cramming...
21 September 2016
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A criminal landlord has been handed a fine of almost £40,000 after he was caught housing 24 tenants in a rental...
18 August 2016
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A landlord has been order to pay just over £1,800 for failing to provide an energy certificate and not complying with...
15 August 2016
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A landlord has been fined £16,000 and now has a criminal record after being punished in court for refusing to make...
10 August 2016
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A new selective landlord licensing scheme will be introduced by Peterborough City Council in parts of the city where there are...
05 August 2016
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Over-extended student homes are not just an eyesore, but they are also ‘destroying family homes’ and creating ‘misery for local residents’, according...
29 July 2016
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No fewer than 31 people were found to be living in cramped conditions in a four bedroom house in north-west London...
28 July 2016
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A landlord has been handed a major fine by Sunderland Magistrates' Court after repeatedly refusing to carry out improvements on his...
27 July 2016
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A private landlord in north London has been sentenced to four months imprisonment and fined £20,000 after pleading guilty to intimidating his...
19 July 2016
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A landlord has been fined £20,000 after a raid revealed that 28 tenants were residing in “unsafe” cramped conditions in a...
07 July 2016
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A landlord in Wirral has been slapped with the highest ever fine handed out across the borough after pleading guilty for...
06 July 2016
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Landlord Action says under-resourced county courts are struggling to cope with the number of possession claims being put forward, resulting in...
30 June 2016
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A landlord who put his tenants’ safety at risk by allowing his property to fall into serious disrepair has been hit...
15 June 2016
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Rogue landlords in the London Borough of Barnet are being targeted by the local council as part of a crackdown on...
08 June 2016
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A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £100,000 for developing illegal flats at her property after being prosecuted by...
17 May 2016
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A landlord in Southend has been slapped with a £39,000 fine for breaching regulations for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). Chelmsford Magistrates’...
16 May 2016
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The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to do all in his power to help make London “better” after...
09 May 2016
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Unscrupulous landlords are providing vulnerable tenants with substandard housing and getting away with it due to low levels of enforcement of...
05 May 2016
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A landlord in Wembley, north west London, faces prosecution after 11 people were found living in a three-bedroom house that he...
03 May 2016
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A self-styled property investor known as “HMO Daddy” has been the subject of an enforcement notice by the local council after...
11 April 2016
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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has set out what it believes should be priorities for the successful London Mayoral candidate in...
11 April 2016
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Two north London landlords who breached planning regulations by converting a house into seven studio flats have been ordered to pay...
29 March 2016
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A landlord has been fined for breaching regulations for houses in multiple occupation following an early morning raid involving immigration enforcement officers. As...
22 January 2016
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A North London landlord has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 by Harrow Crown Court for illegally converting two Brent...
16 November 2015
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The government has announced new funding to crack down on rogue landlords and tackle 'beds in sheds'. Communities secretary Greg Clark said...
13 November 2015
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One of Britain’s largest local authorities has beefed up its powers so it can issue fines of up to £5,000 on...
13 November 2015
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A tenant eviction specialist has warned that the Government’s proposal to introduce minimum room sizes will not prevent subletting scams which...
11 November 2015
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Two West London landlords who collected rent from more than 30 tenants in five sub-standard houses all on the same street...
05 November 2015
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A landlord who let tenants sleep in an outbuilding in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex has been fined nearly £6,000. Syed Junid Ul Hassan Shah...
02 November 2015
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Law firm Ascent has launched a new service for landlords which is designed to speed up and increase the recovery of...
29 October 2015
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Two unauthorised outhouses have been demolished by Ealing Council after the landlord failed to comply with an enforcement notice. Demolition of the...
28 October 2015
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A Scottish letting agency and rental campaign group are working in partnership to assess the implications of what they call the...
08 October 2015
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Police and housing officers raided an unused police station in Barking, East London and found up to 30 people living there. An...
10 September 2015
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Enforcement officers from Barking and Dagenham Council swooped on three addresses in east London last week as part of clamp down...
17 August 2015
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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has said the key to protecting tenants is enforcement of existing rules and regulations rather than...
15 July 2015
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Forty-six residents of a block of converted flats in Luton have been forced to leave their homes after it emerged the...
11 June 2015
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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on ministers to take action to find and root out the criminals who bring...